Sir Neville Paul Jodrell (27 May 1858 – 20 May 1932) was a
Conservative Party
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politician in the
United Kingdom
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.
He was elected as
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Mid Norfolk at a
by-election
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in October 1918 following the death of
William Lewis Boyle MP.
However, the Mid Norfolk constituency was abolished for the
general election in December 1918, and Jodrell was returned to the
House of Commons as MP for the
King's Lynn constituency, with a majority of only 366 votes over his only opponent, the
Labour candidate. He was re-elected in a three-way contest in
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
by a larger margin, but at the
1923 general election, he lost his seat to the
Liberal candidate,
George Woodwark.
Jodrell did not stand for
Parliament
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again.
He was knighted in the
1922 Dissolution Honours List
The 1922 Dissolution Honours List was issued on 19 October 1922 at the advice of the outgoing Prime Minister, David Lloyd George.
Earldoms
* The Rt Hon. Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Viscount Birkenhead
* The Rt Hon. Horace Brand, 1st Viscount Far ...
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1858 births
1932 deaths
Knights Bachelor
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1910–1918
UK MPs 1918–1922
UK MPs 1922–1923
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